Columbia Chamber Announces 2018-2019 Board Of Directors

Nov 16, 2018 12:37PM
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By Kathleen Maris

The Columbia Chamber announces the 2017-2018 Board of Directors with the addition of nine new members.

David Lockwood, executive vice president and COO of Colliers International, has agreed to serve as chairman of the Board for a second year. Kim Wilkerson, South Carolina State president at Bank of America and South Carolina market executive, U.S. Trust, Bank of America Private Wealth Management, will serve as chair-elect. New members joining the Chamber’s Board this year are Brigadier General Milford H. Beagle, Jr., U.S. Army Training Center and Fort Jackson; John Boyd, Haynsworth, Sinkler, Boyd; Hilary Dyer Brannon, USC Department of Student Life; Steve Doyle, CPR Cell Phone Repair; Michael Gula, Columbia Metropolitan Airport; Will Holmes, PNC Financial Services; Felicia Rhue Howard, SCANA; and Torrey Rush, Osmium Development Group.

“The Columbia Chamber has the ability to create transformational change for our business community,” stated David Lockwood, chairman of Columbia Chamber Board of Directors. “In the year ahead, the Board of Directors will continue to build upon the accomplishments made under the Forward, Together strategic.”

“Business leaders who agree to serve on the Chamber’s Board of Directors share a commitment to making our region a pro-business environment,” stated Carl Blackstone, president and CEO of the Columbia Chamber, “The Chamber’s Partners will benefit from the visionary guidance the Board, which is inclusive of all businesses – large companies, start-ups, young entrepreneurs, and small businesses.”